Post-drought effects on the plant-microbe carbon transfer in a
mountain meadow
Lucia Fuchslueger1, Michael Bahn2, Roland Hasibeder2, Sandra Kienzl1, Karina Fritz2,
Michael Schmitt2, Margarete Watzka1, Andreas Richter1
Highly resilient microbial community
Highly resilient
microbial
community
Drought-history reduced
plant carbon
uptake
and belowground
Drought-history
reduced
plant
carbonPLFAs
uptake and belowground
allocation and delayed the transfer into microbial
allocation and delayed the transfer into microbial PLFAs
Water
pulse increased
microbial incorporation
of recent carbon
Water pulse increased
microbial
incorporation
of recent carbon
Diffusion could control microbial usage of recent plant-derived
carbon.
Diffusion could control
microbial usage of recent plant-derived carbon.